Non-refillable bottle.



No. 674,250. Patented May I4, I90. J. J. POLLOCK.

- NON-BEFILLABLE BOTTLE.

(Application filed Feb. 19, 1901.)

(No Model.)

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JAMES J. POLLOCK, OF AVVALT, TENNESSEE.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 674,250. dated May 14, 1901 Application filed February 12, 1901. Serial No. 47,063. tNo-moiel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JAMES J. POLLOOK,a citizen of the United States,residing at Awalt, in the county of Franklin and Stateof Tennessee, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Non-Refillable Bottles; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention'belongs to the class of hottle-closures which aim to prevent the refilling of the bottle with an inferior article after it has been emptied, thereby preventing-injury to the party or concern placinga special brand of goods upon the market and insuring the genuine article to the customer.

The invention consists in combining with the cork or stopper. an attachment of novel formation which is normally suspended within the bottle thereby and which is detached and drops into the bottle when extracting the cork, thereby giving warning that the seal of the package has been broken and the cork withdrawn.

For a full description of the invention and the merits thereof and also to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction of the means for effecting the result reference isto be had to the following description and drawings hereto attached.

While the essential and characteristic features of the invention are necessarily susceptible of modification, still the preferred embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is an elevation of the device. Fig. 2 is a detail view showing the device attached to the cork and inserted into the neck of a bottle. Fig. 3 is a detail view showing the device in position.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

The contrivance is designed to be applied to a cork or stopper of any formation and to be used in connection with a bottle or analogous receptacle having a neck sealed by a closure of stopper formation.

The device comprises a screw-point 1, op-

positely-disposed hook-fastenings 2, and intermediate spring connections 3 between the screw-point 1 and the shanks of the hookfastenings 2. The component parts are of metal, steel being preferred; and in order to prevent corrosive action by contact of the liquid therewith the exposed parts will be japanned or otherwise coated to prevent impairing the flavor of the liquid and injury to the attachment. The hook-fastenings 2 normally stand apart at their lower ends and are sufficiently stout to withstand linear strain sufficientto detach the screw-point 1 from the cork or stopper 4. The connecting-pieces 3 are sufficiently thin to possess a spring action and admit of the lower ends of the hook-fastenings being brought together when it is required to pass the same through the neck of a bottle or analogous receptacle. These spring connections may be integral with the screwpoint land the fastenings 2 or may be sepa rate therefrom and soldered or otherwise at:

tached thereto, this being a matter of mechanical expediency.

The bottle 5 or kindred vessel is formed at the base of the neck with a beveled shoulder 6 to receive the bent or hooked terminals 7 of the attachment and insure positive engagement therewith, so as to prevent withdrawal of the device when extracting the cork. This beveled or inclined shoulder 6 is essential to the efficiency of the invention and, extending entirely around the neck, admits of the cork being inserted into the neck of the bottle,with the hooked terminals 7 of the attachment occupying any relative position. The device partakes of the nature of a fastener and an indicator, since it serves in a measure to secure the stopper and when the latter is removed is retained in the bottle to give warning that the seal has been broken and the stopper withdrawn. The device is secured to the cork by inserting the screw-point 1 in-the lower end thereof. When placing the cork in position, the hooked terminals 7 are compressed, as indicated most clearly in Fig. 2, and after the shoulder 6 has been cleared the hooked terminals 7 spring outward and engage thereunder, as indicated in Fig. 3, and prevent the extraction of the cork without disconnecting it from the device, which being no longer held in suspension drops into the bottle and serves as an indicator to designate that the package has been opened. The parts should be so proportioned that when the cork is forced home into the neck of the bottle the hooked terminals 7 of the device will clear the shoulder 6, whereby a withdrawal of the cork cannot be effected without disconnection therefrom of said device. It is immaterial whether the hooked terminals 7 engage with the shoulder 6 or are spaced a slight distance therefrom; but it is of the utmost importance that said terminals or bent ends clear the shoulder in the manner stated.

Having thus described the invention, What is claimed as new is An indicator fora bottle and a stopper-fasten er,the same consisting of an integral screwpoint, oppositely-disposed rigid hooks and in termediate spring connections of lighter gage than the hooks and in line with the shanks thereof, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I al'fix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES J. POLLOOK.

Witnesses:

T. P. STRAWN, J. T. GORE, 

